270 articles from THURSDAY 29.4.2021
Team builds better tool for assessing infant brain health
Researchers have created a new, open-access tool that allows doctors and scientists to evaluate infant brain health by assessing the concentration of various chemical markers, called metabolites, in the brain. The tool compiled data from 140 infants to determine normal ranges for these metabolites.
The Lancet: Many more people could benefit from blood pressure-lowering medication
Blood pressure-lowering medication can prevent serious cardiovascular conditions such as strokes, heart failure and heart attacks even in adults with normal blood pressure, according to new research published in The Lancet.
The new study of emerging materials helping in detection of COVID-19
Researchers believes that electrochemical biosensors will help defeat the coronavirus. These are high sensitivity and low cost diagnostic tools for detecting Covid-19.
Time for a mass extinction metrics makeover
Researchers at Yale and Princeton say the scientific community sorely needs a new way to compare the cascading effects of ecosystem loss due to human-induced environmental change to major crises of the past.
Treating dental pain with opioids linked to higher risk of overdose in patients & families
Patients whose dental procedure pain was treated with opioids were more likely to have an overdose within 90 days, as were their family members, a new study of records from millions of people with private and Medicaid dental coverage shows.
Two studies demonstrate new PCI approaches offer benefits to patients and physicians
Two studies related to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) evaluating the use of risk-avoidance strategies and robotic-assisted technology, respectively, are being presented as late-breaking clinical science at SCAI 2021 Scientific Sessions. An analysis of strategically avoiding high-risk PCI cases indicates systematic risk-avoidance does not improve, and may worsen, the quality of hospital...
Ultra-high field MRI detects differences in brain's 'hippocampus'
Using ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to map the brains of people with Down syndrome (DS), researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and other institutions detected subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus--a region of the brain tied to memory and learning.
Unlocking herbaria biodiversity using a QR code sampling-to-sequencing workflow
With the advent of next-generation sequencing technology, biologists are closer than ever to achieving the goal of constructing the phylogenetic tree of life. Large genetic studies with hundreds to thousands of specimens, however, are still bottlenecked at the specimen transcription stage, in which information from museum specimens is transcribed and copied into spreadsheets. Here, researchers...
Was North America populated by 'stepping stone' migration across Bering Sea?
A new study from the University of Kansas just published in the open-access journal Comptes Rendus Geoscience, may answer "one of the greatest mysteries of our time . . . when humans made the first bold journey to the Americas."
Wearable glucose monitors shed light on progression of Type 2 diabetes in Hispanic adults
Researchers have shown wearable devices that continuously monitor blood sugar provide new insights into the progression of Type 2 diabetes among at-risk Hispanic/Latino adults.
When does the green monster of jealousy wake up in people?
Women and men are often jealous for completely different reasons. This gender difference occurs so early that it surprised the researchers.
They are killing our forest, Brazilian tribe warns
The Awa, who have been called "the most threatened tribe on earth", face fresh challenges in Brazil.
Risk of developmental difficulties remains high among children born early
- ScienceDaily
- 21/4/29 01:27
Children born preterm (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) remain at high risk of developmental difficulties that can affect their behavior and ability to learn, finds a new study.
Fish oil supplements and heart rhythm disorder: New analysis
- ScienceDaily
- 21/4/29 01:27
Omega-3 supplements are associated with an increased likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation in people with high blood lipids, according to a new analysis.
NASA Sets Briefing to Discuss Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Next Steps
Portal origin URL: NASA Sets Briefing to Discuss Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Next StepsPortal origin nid: 470564Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 18:05Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team will discuss plans for the rotorcraft’s remaining flight campaign during a virtual media briefing at 12:30 p.m. EDT (9:30...